Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, the commanding general for the U.S. Army Intelligence and
Security Command, will be the guest speaker and U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus,
LSU’s commencement speaker, will give the commissioning oath of office and provide
remarks.

At the ceremony, nine cadets will be commissioned as second lieutenants from the LSU
Air Force ROTC program, five cadets will be commissioned as second lieutenants from
the LSU Army and three LSU Students will be commissioned as second lieutenants or
ensigns from Southern University’s Navy ROTC program.

The newly commissioned officers will also be acknowledged at LSU’s spring commencement
ceremony later that day.

Among those commissioning, two will train as aviators, including one at the Naval
Aviation Schools Command in Pensacola, Fla., and one at the Louisiana National Guard’s
1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion in Hammond, La.; two will train as air liaison
officers at Fort Stewart in Georgia; two will train as acquisition officers; and one
will train as assessment acquisition officer at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier
City, La. One will branch adjutant general and attend Basic Officer’s Leaders Course
and another will train as a pilot at the Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi.

Fogarty entered active duty as a Military Intelligence, or MI, Corps second lieutenant
in 1983. His recent assignments include director of intelligence, J-2, U.S. Central
Command at the MacDill Air Force Base in Florida and director of the Joint Intelligence
Operations Center for Operation Enduring Freedom.

He received his bachelor’s degree from North Georgia College and is a graduate of
the U.S. Army War College. He holds two Master of Science degrees, including one in
strategic studies and the other in administration. His military education includes
the MI Officer Basic and Advanced Courses and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff
College.

Among his major awards and decorations are the Defense Superior Service Medal with
two oak leaf clusters, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service
Medal, the Army Achievement Medal and the Bronze Star Medal.

For additional information on the ROTC program or the commissioning ceremony, contact
Linda Warmsley, assistant director of recruiting and enrollment in LSU’s Department of Military Science, at 225-578-2371 or 225-578-8988.